‘Lego Batman’ Fights Off ‘Fifty Shades’ And ‘The Great Wall’ At The Box Office
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “The Lego Batman Movie” is dominating the North American boxoffice with an estimated $44 million this President’s Day weekend ― nearly matching the combined haul of “Fifty Shades Darker” and “The Great Wall.”
Universal’s second weekend of “Fifty Shades” is heading for $24 million at 3,714 sites and its action-fantasy “The Great Wall” was projected to wind up with $21 million at 3,325 locations for the Friday-Monday period. Lionsgate’s second weekend of “John Wick: Chapter 2” is finishing in a solid fourth place with $19.5 million at 3,113 venues as holdovers propped up the holiday weekend business.
New Line’s opening of high school comedy “Fist Fight” showed only a modest punch in fifth with around $14 million at 3,185 locations. And Fox’s horror-thriller “A…